ppp problems

Hello.
I seem to be having trouble connecting to the internet consistently. I
have a dialup account over a 56K modem, and when I first boot, I can
connect probably about 5 times so that I can actually use the 'net.
After that, it dials up and everything, but I cannot use the internet.
I have the little ppp applet up in GNOME, and it will show the
communications, but nothing actually happens. How could I fix this?
Also, is this message in plain text? I can't tell with Mozilla.
Thanks, hope I am making sense
Digi

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